Sometimes, the items in the archive show how things have changed. For instance, there is a lovely A4 (blue, text on one side, map on the other ~80 gsm) sheet, with the above title. Font is lovely and large, and it is obviously something that should have attention paid to it. What information was considered… Continue reading Things to know (at a glance)
Month: July 2013
SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – misc fiction
Cygnetures also contained six other fiction pieces that we elected not to transcribe. They were: Heaven Is? – 1.5 pages Lessons from History – 2.5 pages Untitled, beginning “If they’re as humane as you say…” – 1.5 pages The Tea Lady – 1.5 pages With A Little Help From Their Friends – 0.5 pages The… Continue reading SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – misc fiction
SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Will The Horse Replace Science Fiction
Where as science fiction is a nebulous animal who in its sentience refuses to be fitted into any sort of category. The horse is an easily identifiable beast. handwritten: (INCOMPLETE – R. MCG.)
SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – untitled piece
In the beginning there was darkness. This prevailed until the dawn, when over the horizon there appeared the first beginnings of true intelligence. This small force grew and continued to grow, it got bigger, more powerful until it was so strong it burst through the fabric of the unreal to the real. At first it… Continue reading SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – untitled piece
SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Roy Ferguson
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. Any and all typos faithfully reproduced. I can’t remember when I started reading science fiction but I was very young. At that stage naturally I was reading children’s type SF, which was available in the children’s section of the local library. I also read a lot of older children’s type of… Continue reading SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Roy Ferguson
Fandomedia 2006:Hunger – con ‘book’, part 2
transcription by Anna Hepworth The second of our two posts transcribing the three page ‘con-book’ from the 2006 small convention ‘Fandomedia: Hunger’. This is the published program. Friday Time Stream A Stream B 16:30 Meet & Greet – Drinks in the Bar before Dinner and the Official Opening. 17:30 Dinner 19:00 Fandomedia 2006: Hunger Official… Continue reading Fandomedia 2006:Hunger – con ‘book’, part 2
Gavron’s Guide to Weapons
The below was written by Guy Dyson, probably to fill in a gap at the bottom of a page, in the 1992 CIA Annual, that year called Perpendicular Worlds. Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. Gavron’s Guide to Weapons In most role playing games, people read equipment lists and choose weapons based on cost, damage etc. but… Continue reading Gavron’s Guide to Weapons